Basilian

[ buh-zil-ee-uh n, -zil-yuh n, -sil- ]

/ bəˈzɪl i ən, -ˈzɪl yən, -ˈsɪl- /

of or relating to Saint Basil or to his monastic rule.

a monk or nun following the rule of Saint Basil.

Origin of Basilian

First recorded in 1770–80; Basil + -ian

Whilst he ascended the throne, Theodora sunk into the grave; the last of the Macedonian or Basilian dynasty.

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |Edward Gibbon
Joachim does not conceal his sympathies with the ideal of Basilian monachism.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4 |Various
The Basilian fathers were less considerate of insanity than the Paris doctors, and Nicholas perished at the stake in 1446.

A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III |Henry Charles Lea
It contains a number of relics of saints brought from the East by Basilian monks.

Walks in Rome |Augustus J.C. Hare

He also built a monastery in connection with the church, and established a society of Basilian monks in it.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V |Various

Basilian

/ (bəˈzɪlɪən) /

a monk of the Eastern Christian order of St Basil, founded in Cappadocia in the 4th century a.d